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The Adam/Pacman Pulp Fiction: Everybody’s After Their 15 Minutes

So Adam Jones had a fight with his bodyguard.

Sure.

So the local scribes are climbing over each other to see which can be more sanctimonious and sanctimonious first.

Whatever.

Life goes on.  If it’s with Adam Jones, so be it.  If it’s without him, so be it.

He’s been a steady cornerback, but life will go on.  Terence Newman will return at some point this year.  Orlando Scandrick has looked good.  Mike Jenkins has taken his lumps but is on a rookie learning curve.  They have a good secondary coach.  The Cowboys will endure.

Somebody, likely the Pac, passed gas in the theater.  It’s unpleasant, but ignore the idiots yelling “fire!” in your face.  Resist the call to stampede.  The smell will fade, and so, eventually, will the idiocy and mock outrage.

I’m just tired of the encompassing phoniness.  We saw it in ‘06 when T.O. took the wrong supplements and spent a couple of hours in an altered state on his couch.  His publicist had to milk it for her fifteen minutes, stepping in it so badly that T.O. had to take over her P.R. duties, which he did spectacularly, dousing a blowup with the Dallas P.D. that Simple Kim was intent on lighting.

And then there’s the Dallas P.D.

They must give leaking lessons with the basic training there.  Nobody was arrested, but every last detail that can be dribbled out has been dribbled out.  No charges will be filed, but Department sources will do their damnedest to make sure Jones is tried in the court of public opinion.

And, of course, the usual suspects in the Metroplex punditocracy, who no doubt have the squeakiest of clean pasts, deign to lecture the Cowboys and the rest of us on morals, ethics and public decorum.

Yawn.

Let me point out something to the younger, and perhaps the older hands here.  When I lived in Wisconsin back in the mid-’90s, at the height of the Cowboys/Packers/49ers rivalries, no writer, not even one of the Packer-covering locals, was more popular among the Cheeseheads than Randy Galloway.  Every time the Cowboys would trip up, or a player would do something stupid, he’d hammer out something venenous and predictable, in his inimitable one-sentence-per-paragraph sarcasm, and the national press would eat it up.

I had Packer-backer friends who loved to wave his screeds at me, saying “Randy Galloway is my favorite writer.”  He and the Dales and Eds aren’t popular because they’re offering you any great insight as to why the team wins or loses.  They’re popular because they’re useful idiots, whom the rest of the Cowboys-hating world runs to at moments like this because they’ll fling poo at Valley Ranch on cue.

Look at the headline on Pro Football Talk right now.  It’s Mike Florio’s breathless “Randy Agrees With Me” pile on.  This is exhibit A that men love melodrama just as much as women.  The only difference is the type of romance novels we read.  The ladies like theirs with busty, bodice-ripped damsels and ab-ripped heroes.  The most inclined among us men folk love ours in column length, with musky, hypertrophied jock protagonists, who drive fast cars, date faster women and thumb their noses at the Commissioner.

This grocery store tabloid has too many fourth-rate divas, and a threadbare plot. It’s more like the typical four minute Saturday Night Live skit that’s being dragged out to 100 minutes for the multiplexes.  And the principals are trying to convince us we should pay $8.50 to sit through this turkey.

I give it two thumbs down.

Now, back to the Cardinals.  There’s an actual interesting football game coming up in three days.

That, my friends, is the real entertainment.

Cowboys Defense by the Numbers: Anthony Henry’s Excellent Adventure

Anthony Henry heard for much of the preseason that the Cowboys were considering moving him to safety. He showed some misgivings about the switch, seeing it as a demotion from his regular right corner spot.

Sunday night, Henry got his first extensive work as a regular safety, the move prompted by Roy Williams’ broken arm.  The Cowboys used two base formations against the Packers’ spread offense.  They went big and bold, using a standard 3-4 look with three CBs and one safety.

They also used a lot of their 4-2-5 nickel set, but with a twist.  Henry moved from the edge to linebacker, where he and Kevin Burnett patrolled the short middle.

Henry was so productive he may stay there a while.  He was sent on a host of blitzes and finished with two sacks.  He also defensed a pass when he dropped into a passing lane and tipped a pass incomplete.

The Packers did have a little success running at this set when the Cowboys deployed it on first down.  The Cowboys are a bit light up front when they have six in the box and the two LBs go 228 lbs. (Burnett) and 207 (Henry).  Dallas was careful not to use it again on run downs and thus kept guards out of Henry’s grille.

Greg Ellis complained long and loudly when he was moved to OLB.  You rarely hear him any more, because he’s having too much fun.  He now gets matched up against fullbacks, tight ends and running backs, instead of 330 lb. tackles.  His sack totals have skyrocketed as a result.

Williams is going to be out a few more weeks, so I imagine we’ll see more Anthony Henry as the dime linebacker.  If he continues to play as he did against Green Bay he might be the one campaigning for a permanent switch.

player	att.	comp.	yds.	YPA	Def.
Anthony Henry	4	2	35	8.8	1
Adam Jones	10	5	41	4.1	1
Terence Newman	6	4	39	6.5	0
Mike Jenkins	5	4	55	11.0	0

The Packers are the first team to attack Adam Jones and the results are promising.  He’ll start getting some picks if he continues to receive the attention.

Mike Jenkins looks like a rookie.  It’s very common for a new corner guy to give up big yards and then settle down halfway through a season.  He had the thankless task of covering Greg Jennings one-on-one most of the night and Jenning beat him on a slant and pivot-outside for 20 yards, which greatly inflated Jenkins’ YPA.  Jennings also did the same thing to Henry, spinning outside of him for 25 yards on the Packers first play from scrimmage.

Dallas’ Rush vs. Green Bay

• 3 men - 2 plays;
• 4 men — 28 plays;
• 5 men — 11 plays;
• 6 men — 3 plays

Notes:

– Ain’t Too Proud to Crib

The Eagles run a very effective overload blitz, where they flank two outside linebackers together outside their four man line, rush both linebackers off the edge and drop the weakside DE into coverage.

The Cowboys used variants of this overload from their 4-2-5 and their 3-4 base sets Sunday night.  The first time Bradie James got a free run at Rodgers and forced a hot throw for a five yard gain.  The second time the Cowboys got two men free and forced an incompletion.

– Don’t go Too Tall Jones on us, Jay, okay?

Jay Ratliff has a nasty punchout.  At least once a day during training camp, the 290 lb. Ratliff would bow the 355 lb. Leonard Davis backwards with a two handed stunner to the chest.  Ratliff used this devastating move on Packers RG Tony Moll in the 3rd.  The Packer thought he was set, but Ratliff’s punchout knocked him back a solid three yards.  While Moll was trying to re-establish his set, Ratliff used a swim move to get past him and sack Aaron Rodgers.

– Everybody is getting in on the fun: 

Bobby Carpenter got some reps when the Cowboys played a 3-2-6 dime package in the middle quarters.

– Chaos unveiled

The Cowboys used their chaos package in the 2nd quarter when the Packers were deep in Dallas territory.  Dallas lined up with two down linemen, Chris Canty and Jason Hatcher.  The team stood up four more potential rushers — Jay Ratliff, Kevin Burnett, Greg Ellis and Demarcus Ware — and let them roam along the line.  Just before the snap, Ratliff jumped into a three point stance on the nose.  Ware roamed out to the right end spot and Ellis and Burnett lined up directly behind Ratliff.  At the snap, the two inside LBs criss crossed and broke the middle of the Packers’ pocket.

The play produced the desired chaos and an incompletion.

Your Dallas Cowboys Numbers of the Day

One — mark it down.  Watch it again on your Tivo, cause you saw something exceptional last night.

Marion Barber’s 4th quarter hairball was the first lost fumble of his career.

Six — The Cowboys defense has absorbed six deep drives into its territory, three against the Eagles and three last night, and held the opposition to field goals.  It’s week four.  Adam Jones is still making mental mistakes, but the Cowboys showed no fear last night against the Packers.  Dallas didn’t make any concessions to a team that has a better passing attack than the Browns.

For much of the game the Cowboys played a base 3-4 against the Packers three receiver sets.  Dallas stayed in a front seven to maximize their blitz and their run defense.  The Cowboys sole adjustment was removing the strong safety, adding Adam Jones, moving Terence Newman to the slot and playing with three corners and just one safety.

Aaron Rogers had only one play longer than 20 yards against this package.  That was his first play from scrimmage, when Greg Jennings caught a seven yard slant and pivoted outside away from Anthony Henry for a 25 yard gain.  Mike Jenkins is showing better coverage on the outside each week. (It appears the coaches are making things easy for him and fellow rookie corner Orlando Scandrick.  Jenkins is playing outside on the right exclusively and Scandrick is learning the slot.  With regular slot man Newman healthy, Scandrick isn’t getting so much work right now.)

Nine — The number of sacks the Cowboys have recorded the last two weeks.  They played the top two NFC offenses besides their own and racked up nine sacks.  Add this component to the improving coverage and we’re seeing the steady defensive improvement we saw last season.

But this squad has more tools to work with.

Patience, Grasshoppers. Patience.

Cowboys by the Numbers — The Secondary

Three Eagles receivers — Greg Lewis, Hank Baskett and DeSean Jackson — had 100 yard games against the Rams.  The Cowboys corners shackled Braylon Edwards and Kellen Winslow.  Something has to give.

Here are the cornerback coverage lines:

player	att.	comp.	yds.	YPA	Def.	drops, yds.	pen.
Anthony Henry	9	2	16	1.8	3	1 (25)	0
Adam Jones	6	2	20	3.3	1	1 (5)	1
Orlando Scandrick	2	1	9	4.5	0	0	0

Those are stellar lines for each corner, though they’re artificially high thanks to Braylon Edward’s butter fingers. He dropped the lone pass where a Cleveland receiver got behind the Cowboys secondary and two in the game.

– Anthony Henry was the top target. The Browns went at him six times in the first quarter alone and nine times during the game. His strong start pushed Rob Chudzinki and Derek Anderson to target other corners. Four passes to Edwards netted zero yards. Henry tackled Edwards on a smoke route for no gain, got a break when Edwards dropped a 25 yard bomb, then broke up a pass and defended a fade in the end zone.

Henry’s yards came when he covered Winslow. The tight end beat Henry on a deep in for 15 yards and Henry left Winslow in the end zone, allowing the Brown to catch a one yard pass for Cleveland’s lone TD.

– Adam Jones got more attention as the game proceeded and did fairly well. That yardage and completion line includes a three yard interference call in the end zone, where he let Edwards cross his face on a square in and tackled the receiver while Anderson’s pass was in the air.

Jones had a breakup and was ready to tackle Edwards on a five yard stop where the receiver dropped the ball. The lone reception came in the 4th quarter, when Jones’ man got behind him on a deep out.

– Orlando Scandrick was sound.  He missed a tackle on an Edwards curl but Zach Thomas cleaned up after a nine yard gain.  He had solid coverage on a fade to Edwards that Anderson tossed too high and out of bounds.

Dallas kept the Cleveland stars under control and the Cowboys corner trio played a big part in that.  I don’t think the Eagles backups — Jackson, Baskett and Lewis are the Eagles’ 3rd, 4th and 5th receivers (Reggie Brown and Kevin Curtis are hurt) — will terrorize the Dallas wideouts.  Tackling will be key.  The Eagles will throw a lot more short passes and I expect them to complete quite a few.  If the Cowboys’ corners wrap up quickly and limit short throws to short gains, they should be okay, whether Terence Newman plays or not.

Cowboys-Browns Review: How Do You Shut Down a Star?

The Cowboys defense hit its stride mid game yesterday, going almost 29 minutes, 28:58 to be exact, without allowing a Derek Anderson completion. The defense had a little help from a Braylon Edwards drop on Adam Jones, but didn’t need any more assistance.

The impressive task was shutting down Kellen Winslow Jr. who made some big grabs in the middle of Dallas’ defense on the Browns long TD drive that ended the 1st quarter and bled into the 2nd. Dallas used a variety of coverages on him in the 2nd and 3rd quarters, never allowing him to get single coverage on a linebacker or strong safety Roy Williams.

Much of the time, the Cowboys sent SOLB Greg Ellis with Winslow wherever he went. And when I write follow Winslow everywhere, I mean precisely that. Several times Winslow lined up as a wide receiver and Ellis lined up directly opposite him. Cleveland always ran in these situations and used Winslow as a decoy to gain an open an edge to run towards. The only time Winslow lined up as a traditional tight end, Ellis jammed him and passed him to ILB Bradie James, who put a second wallop on Winslow for good measure.

When Winslow lined up in the slot the Cowboys made sure had had a corner sitting in coverage with him. Anthony Henry, Adan Jones and Orlando Scandrick all took turns blanketing him. The only time Winslow caught a pass the last 40 minutes of the game came on the one play where he drew single coverage from Roy Williams. Winslow beat him on a nine yard out.

Rookie Watch

– For his stellar play outside and in the slot, Orlando Scandrick gets the rookie game ball. Cleveland has a dangerous passing attack and took some shots at Scandrick, but he was better than solid. The future looks very bright for him.

– Felix Jones gets the the runner up game ball. His big play skills should be obvious by now and his blocking isn’t bad. It’s inconsistent, however. If he can get better at it, he’ll play a lot this year.

– Mike Jenkins was busy on special teams. He was a gunner on the punt coverage unit and an edge player on the kickoff coverage squad.

– Martellus Bennett got a few series in the tight end rotation but didn’t draw a pass.

– Tashard Choice is also on the coverage units and got the last handful of carries in the game. He made two first downs.

Notes:

– A veteran game ball to Leonard Davis, who showed awesome power against the big uglies of the Cleveland defensive line. On Marion Barber’s 22 yard 2nd quarter draw, Davis punched out on 325 lb. Corey Williams and bowed the Brown backwards. Barber ran through the ample lane Davis created. Leonard’s best work came on Felix Jones’ 11 yard TD run late in the 3rd. He put a double team block on Shaun Rogers that helped roll the biggest Brown two yards off the line of scrimmage. Big Bigg then scraped off and blocked ILB Andre Davis, clearning a huge path off right guard for Jones’ first NFL touchdown.

Jay Ratliff told me in camp that Davis is the toughest offensive lineman he’s ever faced. The Browns linemen would probably tell you the same thing today.

Roy is Special

– the kickoff coverage unit yesterday:

1. Justin Rogers
2. Bobby Carpenter
3. Kevin Burnett
4. Pat Watkins
5. Keith Davis
6. Tashard Choice
7. Mike Jenkins
8. Deon Anderson
9. Orlando Scandrick
10. Nick Folk and…
11. Roy Williams

Cowboys @ Browns Preview, Part One

Why wait?

Opening Sunday is coming and you’re no doubt past due for some real football. Today, we begin by considering the matchups when the Browns offense faces the Dallas defense.

The Browns rocketed to a 10-6 mark last year on the shoulders of their offense. Ranked 12th in yards per game and 8th in points per game, Cleveland overcame a horrible preseason, in which all of its QBs struggled to settle into new OC Rob Chudzinski’s scheme, which he brought from San Diego, where Chudzinski served as Cam Cameron’s understudy.

The Browns appeared headed for a long year when they were drubbed 34-7 by the Steelers in week one. HC Romeo Crennell made what appeared to be a panic move when he benched starter Charlie Frye in the second quarter of the game and replaced him with Derek Anderson.

Crennell was actually making a bold statement, in showing confidence in Anderson’s wide open game. Crennell amplified the move by trading Frye to Seattle the following week, leaving only rookie Brady Quinn as a backup. Anderson and his mates responsed by hanging 51 points on Cincinnati the following week, scoring through the air and on the ground, where RB Jamal Lewis rushed for 216 yards.

The keys to Cleveland’s success were the concurrent breakouts of Braylon Edwards and Kellen Winslow Jr. Both were top picks, Winslow going 6th overall in 2004 and Edwards going 3rd in 2005. Both missed significant time in ‘05 and ‘06 with knee injuries. Both regained their health in ‘07 and tore up opposing secondaries. They form the core of Cleveland’s passing attack:

Targets	Att.	% of Anderson’s Att.	YPA
Braylon Edwards	147	27	8.8
Kellen Winslow	141	26	7.9
Donte Stallworth, J. Jurivicius	79	15	10.4
total	367	68

(Stallworth played as the 3rd option for New England last year and his attempts from Tom Brady were almost identical to those Joe Jurivicius got from Anderson. Both QBs had very similar attempt totals and given good health for Edwards and Winslow, I see Stallworth filling the same role for the Browns.)

The table shows that Anderson is indeed a down-the-field thrower. More than two thirds of his passes went to his starting receivers and his tight end. He checks down grudgingly, which is one reason why he had the second highest QB bad decision total last year.

As I noted yesterday, Winslow lined up as a receiver on 75% of his plays, far more than any TE in the game.The Browns in effect run a three receiver offense, which suggests Dallas may go to its nickel a lot on early downs in order to match up. Dallas won’t go man-to-man on every down or maybe even on the majority of its downs, as the Cowboys like to zone blitz a lot.

When Dallas does match up, we might see a repeat of the strategy the team employed against New England’s three WR sets last year. In that game Dallas gave safety help to the corner who matched up against Randy Moss and took its chances on Donte Stallworth and Wes Welker. The Cowboys matched up well against the wide outs for three quarters but could not win in the slot, where Welker destroyed Nate Jones.

Terence Newman did not play in that game and his presence Sunday could allow the Cowboys to match up 1 through 3. Newman will likely get Edwards. #2 Anthony Henry, the biggest Cowboys corner at 6′1″, 207, would get the 6′4″ 240 lb. Winslow and Adam Jones will get Stallworth. Jones has improved every game for Dallas but would likely get some safety assistance; he’s a hyper-aggressive CB who tries to jump everything short and he had a lot of trouble in Oxnard and in the early games when he faced fast WRs.

Cleveland could use more three WR sets to try and create better interior matchups for Winslow, but they’ve lost Joe Jurivicius for the season and #4 Joshua Cribbs for the game. They will rely on 4th and 5th WRs Syndric Steptoe and Paul Hubbard. Dallas can emphathize.

Up front, the Cowboys front seven will match up against a Browns line considered one of the best in the NFL. The Cleveland line allowed just 10 sacks last year, according to Scientific Football ’08’s line blocking metrics, lowest in the game. The Browns invested heavily in their line last year, picking LT Joe Thomas 3rd overall in the draft and spending a mint to lure LG Eric Steinbach from Cincinnati. They formed an effective left side of the Browns line.

The line was doubly effective when you consider that Cleveland flexed Winslow off the tackles so much, meaning the Browns backup tight ends and backs were very effective at assisting their linemen.

The Cowboys are a blitzing team that likes to rush five men on most passing downs. They prefer to send both OLBs, Demarcus Ware and Greg Ellis together, in addition to the line. Dallas will probably try this early, to learn if the Browns can handle both of them without assistance. Ware and Ellis combined for 26.5 sacks last year, almost as many as the entire Cleveland team (28 sacks). The Browns have two very good pass blocking tackles, in Thomas and RT Kevin Shaffer. Each gave up only two sacks last year. However, it’s very hard to block two blitzing OLBs with an offensive line without sacrificing interior protection.

And the interior is probably the weakness of Cleveland’s protection. Steinback gave up 3.5 sacks and C Hank Fraley surrendered 2.5, the two highest totals on the line. The Cowboys will likely rotate rushing NTs Jay Ratliff and Tank Johnson at Fraley. Also look for Dallas to fake outside blitzes and try interior stunts and blitzes with SOLB Bradie James. The Browns had a lot of trouble in their preseason games handling interior blitzes and their QBs took a lot of shots. I expect the Cowboys to test the Browns inside and keep testing then until the blitzes don’t work.

Dallas will want to hit Anderson early and test his mettle. He missed the last two Browns games recovering from a concussion he suffered when Osi Umenyiora slammed his head into the Meadowland’s turf. Reports today said the Browns are optimistic Anderson can play. The Cowboys will try to make his afternoon a short one. If the can stay upright, they’re hoping the pressure can produce more bad decisions and several turnovers.

Wednesday: The Cowboys defense versus the Browns running attack.

Three Factoids That May Shape the Cowboys-Browns Bottom Line

1. New DL coach Todd Grantham is already paying dividends, getting Marcus Spears to play far above his Kacey Rogers-era level and getting Tank Johnson into opposing backfields with regularity this preseason.

He may pay another dividend — as a spy. Grantham was Cleveland’s defensive coordinator last year and has as much insight into the Browns defensive capabilities and thinking as anybody in the Cowboys meeting room. I’m guessing he’s spent some time talking to the offensive coaches the last two weeks.

2. We’ve heard since OTAs that the Cowboys are working on nickel and especially dime packages that line up Anthony Henry inside, on opposing tight ends.

You won’t have to wait long to see them. As I pointed out in Thurday’s piece on Jason Witten, the Browns use TE Kellen Winslow Jr. as a wide receiver. He was “flexed” off the line, or lined up as a receiver on 75% of Cleveland’s plays last year, easily the most for any NFL tight end.

Dallas usually slides Terence Newman inside when it plays nickel, but the Browns signed speedster Donte Stallworth this offseason to pair with Braylon Edwards. In effect, they’re running a three-WR base set, with the 6′4″, 250 lb. Winslow as their slot option.

There’s no way Dallas is going to stay in their base and put Roy Williams in coverage against Winslow. The Cowboys may open in their nickel with Henry over the tight end and Newman and Adam Jones lining up over the wideouts.

3. How well would the Cowboys do against their offense? And vice versa? I’ve watched the Browns the last three weeks and notice their packages and offensive plays greatly mirror Dallas’. Cleveland OC Rob Chudzinski and Cowboys OC Jason Garrett are both aggressive play callers with gunslinger QBs who like to throw down the field.

Tony Romo had the third-highest percentage of bad decisions among starting QBs last year. Derek Anderson had the second-highest percentage. The difference is that Romo was more accurate and had a solidly higher YPA and a significantly higher SYPA (success % times YPA). Whichever defense is better able to throw their opposing QB out of his confort zone and press him into more bad decisions will have a huge edge.

4. Bonus crumb — A review of the Vikings video showed Alan Ball making several tackles as a gunner on the punt coverage teams. With Miles Austin and Sam Hurd hurt, Ball bought himself a longer stay with his special special-teams play.

Jones Move to Left Corner Likely a Peek at Regular Season Nickel

Dallas coaches and brass have been very careful not to sound presumptuous about Adam Jones’ status, claiming in every interview I’ve seen this summer that they’re not locking him into their lineup. They’ve been very coy about naming any starters thus far.

However, Wade Phillips’ claim that Jones will start at left corner against the Texans suggests Dallas is tipping its hand on its preferred nickel package for the upcoming season.

Consider:

1. Dallas will likely start the season with Terence Newman at his familiar left corner spot and Anthony Henry at his regular spot on the right.
2. Newman has been sliding inside to play the slot receiver the past few years any time Dallas goes to the nickel package.
3. Jones played left corner at Tennessee.
4. Given the choice, Dallas will use Jones in his old spot rather than going with the rookie Mike Jenkins, who started in Newman’s place against Denver.

It’s time. Phillips said his team had its best practice of the summer Tuesday, in part because the team had a precise game plan. The Cowboys have begun to prepare the team for the rhythm and pace of the season. Hence, the move to Jones.

Watch what they do, not what they say. They’re not going to make any statements to offend Roger Goodell, but they’re not going to enter Cleveland week unprepared either.

Corner Watch, Post-Denver

Corner is supposed to be a new strength on the team. How did they play, with Terence Newman out of the lineup:

Here are the six guys behind Newman in the pecking order:

Anthony Henry:

• Thrown at: 3
• Completions: 3
• Yards: 54

Eddie Royal blew up Henry’s line with a 32 yard catch where Henry got his hands on the ball but could not bat it away from the Bronco. Played soft on a Brandon Marshall comeback on the next play and surrendered a four yarder later.

Mike Jenkins

• Thrown at: 4
• Completions: 4
• Yards: 54

Welcome to the NFL rookie. Denver went after him on their opening drive. Brandon Marshall ran him off on a comeback; Jenkins was still running up the field when Marshall made his cut. Denver then crossed him up, running a stop and go to Royal that got Jenkins to bite. He slipped, letting Royal cruise for 35. Marshall ended Jenkins’ evening by executing Sprint Right Option, otherwise known to Dallas fans as “The Catch” play. Marshall ran what looked like a square in, then pivoted and took off for the deep right corner, where he caught Jay Cutler’s pass for a touchdown.

Evan Oglesby

• Thrown at: 6
• Completed: 3
• Yards: 37

A decent line, but it’s actually less than meets the eye. Twice he was beaten but saw his receivers drop the passes, at eight and 19 yards. Brandon Stokley beat him with ease when the Broncos starters were in. Oglesby’s good camp work may be eroding, because…

Adam Jones

• Thrown at: 4
• Completed: 3
• Yards: 6

How about that YPA of 1.5. Jones looked much more comfortable than he did in San Diego. His tackling was much better and he dropped an interception. He’ll likely start in the nickel on the right corner, with Newman playing the slot when teams go three wide. If Jones continues to play this way, Oglesby is back on the bench, and the fans will resume their chants to get Anthony Henry benched too.

Mike Lombardi said on last week’s show that Jones is not Deion Sanders. Who is these days? If Jones can play nickel corner like this, we’ll all be ecstatic. Jacques Reeves could never sub like this.

Orlando Scandrick

• Thrown at: 1
• Completed: 1
• Yards: 0

Scandrick’s lone throw was a memorable one. He blew up Broncos wideout Glenn Martinez on the goalline; Scandrick tracked his man into the end zone, saw Martinez cutting beneath him, released his original WR and rolled up to pop Martinez. The kid is making big hits on a regular basis. He also came within an eyelash of blocking a field goal and had a 32 yard kickoff return. Those are three good ways to keep yourself on the active roster on Sundays.

Alan Ball

• Thrown at: 4
• Completed: 1
• Yards: 20

Another less-than-meets-the-eye line. Ball took a penalty on one of the other plays, escaped a completion on another play because Marcus Smith tipped the ball and avoided being beaten for a TD on a fade when Patrick Ramsey’s pass floated wide and out of bounds. Ball looked lost on a couple of these plays and needs to make some positive plays to earn another year on the roster.

– Two weeks ago, Oglesby looked like he might force the coaches to keep six corners. He looked pretty good against San Diego but Adam Jones and Orlando Scandrick have probably jumped him in the pecking order. Oglesby still has a decent chance but he’ll need big games against Houston and Minnesota to turn momentum back in his favor. If the decision had to be made today, I think Dallas would keep five corners.

Curb Your Enthusiam On Adam

Just finished a very interesting interview with Michael Lombardi of the National Football Post and Sports Illustrated.  Lombardi worked with the Broncos last year, has good sources with the team and offered these insights on the Cowboys/Broncos workouts:

– the Cowboys are a physically impressive team that is pushing Denver around.  He said it would take “an impressive effort” for the Broncos to beat Dallas in a regular season game.

– fans should curb their enthusiasm about Adam Jones.  He wrote a critical piece on Jones’ woofing yesterday, when he told Broncos WR Brandon Marshall he “was no T.O.” and then watched Marshall beat him repeatedly.

I told him that the Jones I saw in Oxnard was hyper-aggressive, trying to jump every route and being beaten by double moves a lot.  He said this was Jones’ game and that fans should disabuse themselves of seeing Deion Sanders Jr. and think of Jones more as a nickel corner.  Jones’ real value, Lombardi claimed, would be as a punt returner.

–  He said the Cowboys biggest defensive weakness was two minute pass coverage;  the Cowboys were one of the worst teams last year in stopping opponents at the end of halves.  (Cue Giants flashback here.)  Dallas needs a bigger pass rush, in his opinion, to avoid a repeat.

– The biggest offensive question, in Lombardi’s opinion, is the offensive line’s condition.  He wants to see if the line can avoid late fades, of the type we saw in the playoff loss to New York.

You can hear the full inteview by clicking on “The Sports Doctors” tab just below the names on the masthead.  That will take you to our podcast archive page.

Understudy Sunday: Cowboys Camp Report, August 3rd

The team rested veterans Zach Thomas, Terrell Owens and Jason Witten for today’s practice, giving youngsters Kevin Burnett, Sam Hurd and Martellus Bennett an opportunity to make plays into the 11-on-11 drills. They all responded, with Burnett showing saavy at his inside linebacker spot. Hurd and Bennett got open in the full scrimmages and caught every pass thrown their way save one.

For Hurd, it was a strong bounce back from Friday’s one-on-ones, where he had trouble beating hard press coverage.

Bennett showed that he could fulfill John Garrett’s claim that he would be ready for the regular season. He got open short and deep, getting great separation and displaying great acceleration upfield when the secures the ball. It seems he can be as good as he wants to be. Barring injury, the question is the length of his learning curve.

Pre-scrimmage

– Anything to get better: Bobby Carpenter spent time with the backup wide receivers catching passes from the ball machine.

– In the positional drills, Jay Ratliff was back with the nose tackles and Marcus Spears was working again with the defensive ends.

Early Scrimmage Notes:

Tony Romo was red hot when he worked the first team offense, going six-for-six in his initial sequence despite some heavy pressure on some plays. Don’t take this as a new development. Romo has made quick decisions all throughout camp and seems to be getting faster in his decision making. The defense can pressure him, but cannot get sacks.

The best play of the series came when Romo threw a stop fade up the left sideline to Sam Hurd, who shoved both heels just in bounds and made a slow-motion fall while snatching Romo’s pass. Adam Jones was helpless to stop it.

Brad Johnson took over and had a mixed set of plays. He faced more pressure, as his protection was not as solid as Romo’s, and he had a slant dropped by Miles Austin.

Tashard Choice stood out on one play where he stepped up to blunt a Justin Rogers’ blitz, giving Johnson time to get his pass away.

Romo returned and made the type of throw you expect from a multi-year vet. Romo floated left in the pocket, away from right –side pressure and spotted Miles Austin running a go route against Evan Oglesby up the left side. Romo threw the ball wide and short; Austin spotted the ball and stepped into the shallow corner of the end zone to make the touchdown catch. Austin and Romo showed great intuition on the improvised throw.

The team then broke for a kickoff coverage drill, with emphasis on the breaking up the wedge and herding the returner into a center-of-the-field scrum.

The team returned to 11-on-11s, practicing red zone plays. The offense started with the ball at the nine and moved the ball regularly, as Romo remained hot. He completed three of four in the drill, including one to Bennett that would have gone for a score were the action live.

Johnson worked with the second unit and was also successful, running a TD draw to Tashard Choice, finding Bennett on a short route towards the left sideline. On the next play, Johnson looked off the safeties and hit Patrick Crayton beneath the post for a score.

After another special-teams drill , the WRs, RBs, TEs and QBs went 7-on-7 against the linebackers and D-backs while the offensive and defensive lines went 1-on-1 in a pass rushing drill. Some motifs from that drill:

– Erik Walden keeps getting inside pressure by starting upfield and then exploding inside. He got Doug Free this time.

– Flozell Adams remains the rock, stopping Demarcus Ware the three times they faced off.

– Andre Gurode blunted very inside rusher he faced. He’s also ready to go.

– Leonard Davis is solid in his pass protecting, though he again was bent backwards by a stiff two-handed Jay Ratliff punchout.

– Marc Colombo grabbed a jersey on one play but also looked steady on his edge.

The team ended the day with an 11-on-11 drill that worked on plays in the mid-field area. Dallas ran several packages that lined up Martellus Bennett wide, though the ball usually went elsewhere. Bennett attracted a linebacker in coverage each time. He’s got the speed to beat linebackers.

Hurd again caught a couple of passes, both against Oglesby, who had a bad day at the office after several consecutive good ones.

The “oooooooh” play came when Dallas ran a flea-flicker, with Marion Barber taking a handoff and tossing back to Romo. Adam Jones bit on the fake and Patrick Crayton ran a deep out behind him for a huge gain.

Notes:

Your throat-tightening moment of the day came in the final drill when Gurode and Jay Ratliff got tangled up on a pass play. Both lay face down on the ground for a while, neither moving. Then, Ratliff got up and Gurode slowly got up. Ratliff walked without distress to the defensive group on the far sideline. Gurode flexed his knee a few times and then went on with the drill. He didn’t miss a single play.

Cowboys Camp — August 2nd

The Cowboys are having their first run of consecutive two-a-days. Since both of yesterday’s workouts were in shorts and today’s early workout is also in shorts, they can handle the increase in time. I, on the other hand, am sitting out the morning session with a sore brain, but will be back in the lineup for the afternoon session.

Here are some notes and quotes from yesterday’s workout.

Getting off the Bubble

Yesterday, I profiled eleven guys I list as bubble boys, players who are fighting for the last half dozen or so spots on the roster. The key is making yourself impossible to cut. And yesterday, Evan Oglesby contined his push to make himself uncuttable. He tracked Mike Jefferson in the one-on-one drills and made an interception of a bobble pass.

Later, in the 11-on-11 two minute drills he picked off Tony Romo, cutting under Sam Hurd. Oglesby has had several big days the first week, and may push for time in the regular nickel if he’s not careful.

Flo is Ready to Go

The theme for week one is the sharpness of the offense. I’ve remarked throughout the week that Terrell Owens has been unstoppable. He and Romo are in sync. Same with Jason Witten. If the Cowboys were a college team and the Chargers game actually counted in the standing, the team, especially the offense, would be ready to handle it. The starting eleven is already set and the only question is whether Sam Hurd or Miles Austin will be the third receiver or whether they will rotate there.

Another veteran in mid-season form is Flozell Adams. Players can sometimes up their playing levels during their contract years and then drop back into a confort zone when they get their money. Not so with Adams, who is keeping everybody away from his quarterback. He’s made Demarcus Ware look ordinary when the two have squared off, and they do so a lot.

Jerry Jones told the press yesterday that Flozell’s brought him peace of mind. Jerry also expressed gratitude that Flozell stayed off the market, adding that losing Flozell would have moved Leonard Davis to left tackle and disrupted the offensive line’s continuity.

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Can The Kids Keep Tony Upright?

Running backs coach Skip Peete told me he has confidence in rookie Felix Jones and Tashard Choice as blockers, saying they’re tough and tenacious. He mentioned that the coaches would have more drills isolating the backs and linebackers in the coming days but warned that such drills can be misleading.

Your Antacid Moment

Lest you get too giddy about the ‘08 Cowboys, here’s something to give you pause.

Jerry Jones mentioned yesterday that the team’s scouts had concluded their self-evaluations of the team’s strengths and weaknesses, based only on the accumulated Oxnard practices. If there’s a major question mark it remains the third receiver spot. Sam Hurd had a very productive opening to camp but yesterday he had trouble with all of the team’s top corners. Adam Jones, Anthony Henry and Evan Oglesby all smothered him in the one-on-ones. This merits further attention. Terrell Owens is money and Patrick Cratyon gets open, though he dropped two passes today. Hurd and Miles Austin are still question marks to my eyes.

Dallas Is Not On the Schedule: Cowboys Camp Afternoon Report, August 1st

The ghost of Bum Phillips descended on Oxnard today, and Bum is still very much alive.

When he coached the Oilers in the ‘70s, Phillips the elder was often questioned by the Houston media for holding training camps which were very light on hitting.

“Houston is not on our schedule,” was always Bum’s reply.

Wade Phillips seems to be applying his daddy’s philosophy. Just one day after telling the media that the next few practices would be some of the most important of the summer, the Cowboys emerged in shorts for both morning and afternoon workouts.

That does not mean the mental intensity of the workouts diminished but it’s probably not what most fans and press members had in mind.

The afternoon session resembled a mini-camp, with the emphasis on technique and on learning assignments in each package. The session continued themes the team began to explore earlier in the week – red zone play; kickoff coverage and returns and the hurry-up offense were again practiced, in stripped down 1-on-1 WR-on-CB drills and in 11-on-11 sessions later. Here are some notes from the various sub-sessions.

1-on-1s:

• T.O. beats everybody – still. Repeat after me – T.O. beats everybody. He’s still unstoppable, but Adam Jones is slowly eating away at T.O.’s margin for error. Jones jockeyed for every matchup he could obtain with Owens, but Owens keeps on winning. Owens ran a stop-and-go route on the first matchup and got a step behind Jones. The corner once known as Pacman rushed to recover but could never make up the step. Owens caught a perfect Tony Romo pass in stride and made the score.In their last matchup, Jones blanked Owens but the receiver caught the pass on an out and up, route. Jones had a chance to bat the ball down but it got past his outstretched hand. Owens laughed at Jones, patted him on the shoulder and said, “I like that work, baby. I like that work.”
• Adam Jones beats everybody not named T.O. He blanked Sam Hurd on a couple of passes.
• Mike Jenkins looked like a rookie today. He didn’t give up any deep passes, but gave up deep ins, out routes and was kept off-balance all drill by various receives. These are the rookie growing pains.
• Sam Hurd had a tough drill. The corners seemed to dial him in. Jones gave him fits and Anthony Henry cut underneath him to make a pick.
• Anthony Henry can cover anything from the numbers out but any deep in route gets him.
• Evan Oglesby was flagged by a referee covering the drill. The officials are available to the corners to discuss the rules interpretations and the corners asked a lot of questions, learning what was permissible and what won’t be this year.
• Mike Jefferson earned Ray Sherman’s ire after Oglesby outfought him for a deep pass. “Stack him, Mike! Stack him!” Sherman yelled this three times at his rookie and gave him a withering stare.
• Isaiah Stanback shows the best deep speed besides T.O. He got behind Orlando Scandrick for one catch but bobbled another pass after beating his man.

11—on—11 notes:–

• Patrick Crayton ran a reverse at the beginning of the next to last drill and Jay Ratliff, playing at LE, was waiting for him.
• Marcus Spears blew up a Marion Barber draw one play later, getting into the backfield.
• Dallas ran several effective tight end screens the last couple of days. Today, Andre Gurode got to the perimeter to lead a Jason Witten screen.
• Bobby Carpenter was again around the ball on passes into his area. He’s making all the calls for the second unit.
• T.O. ended this phase of practice by catching a post on Mike Jenkins for a TD. Any questions?

Other Notes:

– Sports Celebrity watch: Michael Strahan was on the sidelines today, as was CNNSI’s Peter King.

– Dallas ended its practice with several two minute drills. Evan Oglesby had his defensive mates cheering when he picked off Tony Romo on the second play of the 1^st offense’s first series.

– Danny Amendola is making strides as a receiver, but he needs to add some special teams skills to his resume in order to win one of the last spots on the team.  He was working as a gunner on punt coverage teams today.

Cool, but Hot — Cowboys Camp Report, July 28th

The famed Oxnard weather finally appeared Monday morning with overcast skies, cool ocean breezes and temperatures in the 70s. The atmosphere was perfect for practicing football and the Cowboys took advantage, drilling fundamentals, special teams and working a lot more 9-on-9 running drills and 11-on-11 open drills.

Fundamentals are a constant at every Wade Phillips practice. Today, for instance, the quarterbacks, tight ends, fullbacks and running backs spent a lot of time working on proper spacing on running plays. The staff rolled out long blue and yellow strips, marking off the camps on the line of scrimmage and the backfield units worked on running their plays through their designed gaps.

Across field, Hudson Houck worked his guys on running the same running plays against different defensive fronts, so his blockers knew precisely who they should block, regardless of the scheme they face.

In individual drills the tackles continued to practice beating spin moves. Erik Williams showed his group how to slide laterally and not lunge, which would give his opposing lineman a free shot into the backfield.

The teams then worked up to a 9-on-9 running drills. There were good plays by both offense and defense but the offense got the better of most plays. Their run blocking looks better than this point last year.

The team then alternated kickoff coverage and return drills between two 11-on-11 anything goes sessons. Observations from those sessions are below.

Notes:

Terence Newman missed the practice with a leg injury. Dave Campo told me after practice that he’s not sure whether Newman injured an ankle or a groin. Nor was he sure of the severity, leaving all questions for the training staff. I’m sure we’ll all learn more at Wade Phillips’ afternoon presser.

Mike Jenkins got the majority of the reps with the first team and Campo said his play made a quantum leap from yesterday’s session, which was Jenkins’ first. When asked why Adam Jones didn’t get the reps, Campo said simply that Jones has yet to be re-instated and he does not want to give him first team play until he’s sure the former Pacman can play.

Erik Walden is running with the second unit at weakside outside linebacker, behind Demarcus Ware. He showed a burst in yesterday’s session but was stonewalled by Flozell Adams and Doug Free in the 11-on-11s today. That’s typical. New players will have a good practice and follow it up with a so-so performance.

Jenkins’s time with the first unit gave Alan Ball a lot of reps at corner on the second unit, opposite Adam Jones.

Brad Johnson continues to look for Mike Jefferson.

Johnson also threw a lot of deep balls in the 11-on-11s. Don’t get carried away thinking he’s found the fountain of youth. One was broken up and another was picked.

Zack Knows – The defense faced a shotgun formation while in its base. Zach Thomas yelled “watch for the draw” and then stepped up to stop Marion Barber when the offense in fact ran the draw. It’s hard to fool the old vet.

The defense sees Terrell Owens everywhere. On one play Owens and Sam Hurd lined up in a slot formation, with T.O. inside. When he released upfield both corners on that side hesitated, wondering whether he should take the receiver. A safety rotated over the top. While all three DBs were tracking Owens, Felix Jones ran untouched around end to their side of the field. Owens laughed at the trio when he loped back to the huddle.

Tank Johnson continues to show an inside burst. We know Jay Ratliff can be what Bradie James terms a “hybrid” nose tackle, in that he can rush as well as stopping the run. If Johnson can make a contribution, and it appears he can, the Cowboys rush gets that much stronger.

Dallas continues to sprinkle zone blitzes into liberal doses of man-to-man coverage.

The defense blitzed their Mike inside backers a lot today and Bradie James and Bobby Carpenter broke through cleanly numerous times. The result was several Tony Romo incompletions.

T.O. has been Mr. Sizzle for the passing game thus far. Jason Witten is Mr. Reliable. Romo could hit him on deep ins and outs whenever he needed a play. He’s another veteran who could start the season this Sunday.

Bobby Carpenter got a lot of love from his position coaches today. He had his assignments down and was cursing when he mistimed a leap and therefore missed a sure interception.

Dallas practiced a play where the tight end , linemen and fullback all block to the strong side while the tailback takes a pitchout naked around the weakside end. The play broke for a huge gain when it was run in the 11-on-11s.

The Cowboys are not scaling back their running play list. They have more traps and toss plays than ever.

Evan Oglesby had two breakups at right corner.

It’s Alumni Week. First, Dave Campo and Hudson Houck return. Then, Duane Thomas and Calvin Hill stop by. Erik Williams pops in on a coaching fellowship and today Michael Irvin and Nate Newton are about, Irvin hosting for ESPN Radio in Dallas.

Note: I will not be covering this afternoon’s session, which will focus on special teams. The next report will come mid-day tomorrow.

T.O. Beats Everybody: Dallas Cowboys Camp Report: July 27th

Your line for the day: T.O. beats everybody.

Repeat after me: Terrell Owens beats everybody.

Owens put on a scintillating show for HBO and the crowd, schooling every defensive back who tried to cover him. Adam Jones was on the down end of the day’s signature play; in a one-on-one drill, Owens rotated into a matchup with Jones. Richard Bartel was under center but with the desired matchup up for the first time today, Tony Romo was waved into the spot. Jones locked on to Owens for five yards but T.O. exploded away when he added the second half to the out-an-up. He was five yards in the clear when he gathered in Romo’s deep pass.

It’s always a question when a receiver is running free whether the receiver is really that good or the secondary is suspect. I remember watching Terry Glenn do the same thing to Terence Newman and Anthony Henry back in ’05 and it was the set up to a big season.

The corners are good. They knock down bad passes and they take some good ones away too. Owens is simply playing at a different level at the moment.

Say it with me…

The day began with the setup for kickoff return and coverage units. On the far field Bruce Read set up his first and second units, which lined up as follows:

First unit:

• First line: Pat Watkins, Bobby Carpenter, Justin Rogers, Martellus Bennett, Kevin Burnett
• Wedge: Tony Curtis, Cory Proctor, Pat McQuistan, Anthony Spencer
• Returners: Miles Austin, Sam Hurd

Second Unit:

• First line: Tashard Choice, Darrell Robertson, Mark Bradford, Erik Walden, Dowayne Davis
• Wedge: Julius Crosslin, Stephen Bowen, Jason Hatcher, Ronnie Cruz
• Returners: Orlando Scandrick, Mike Jenkins

You probably wondering where Adam Jones, Felix Jones and Isaiah Stanback were?

Adam was on the short field, where a large group of returners was taking turns fielding punts, including Patrick Crayton, Terence Newman, Anthony Henry, Danny Amendola and Quincy Butler.

When the team broke into units the receivers worked on catching passes at their highest point on fade routes and making one-handed catches.

The quarterbacks and running backs started with the most basic of skills, perfecting the spacing on a handoff. Across the short field, Hudson Houck and his guys worked on combination blocking in the middle and on the edge of the line. Houck worked with the interior linemen and had coaching fellow Erik Williams working with the offensive tackles.

On the back field, Todd Grantham and his guys worked on proper footwork on stunts and on proper hand usage on rushes.

Across the defensive field Dave Campo ran the secondary through defending stack or “bunch” formations, stressing communication, switching and proper spacing when receivers criss-crossed.

The offense and defense then worked together, with the receivers going one-on-one against the corners and the offense going 9-on-9 against the defense. Following both produced a mild headache but here’s what I gleaned:

Adam Jones can blanket receivers. He nevertheless had a frustrating session as Sam Hurd, Patrick Crayton and T.O. caught passes in front of and behind him.

That’s because Crayton and Hurd are running very precise routes. Hurd has been very impressive the last couple of days at getting separation. He told me yesterday he’s gunning for a starting spot and he’ll definitely get more playing time if he keeps playing this way.

Same as it ever was with Anthony Henry. Guys seem ready to blow past him and eat up his cushion with ease, but he stays with his man up the field and makes up ground when the ball is in the air. He recovered and stole the ball from Hurd on a deep route early in the drill. Guys can get away from him on deep ins, but receivers have always been able to do this.

Isaiah Stanback can beat jams and get up the field but the two deep throws I saw in his direction were thrown out of bounds. Give him an incomplete for the day.

Meanwhile, the offensive line got the better of the defense on most of the running plays. Felix Jones and Tashard Choice made impressive gains in the session going inside and outside. Marc Colombo has showed some good drive on plays to the right, while the interior trio of Kosier, Gurode and Davis created lots of lanes for the backs.

Jones’ speed is as good as advertised, but I think the fans will be pleasantly surprised by Choice’s explosiveness. He’s decisive and is quick through the hole.

On the defensive side, Anthony Spencer stopped everything to his side. He started to get reps more late in the season for his run stopping ability and he looks like he’s still improving.

In the next session the team went back to kickoff returns, with John Garrett and Bruce Read splitting the duties. Garrett worked with the up men, drilling them on getting the proper drops back towards the wedge and then turning, finding their targets, engaging and maintaining blocks to the whistle.

Read meanwhile worked with the wedge players. After a few minutes both halves of the unit worked together. Here, Stanback and both Jones took turns as returners: one return pair consisted of Miles Austin and Felix Jones and a second had Adam Jones and Sam Hurd. It appears that Read may have an abundance of return men this year. Austin was effective last year after replacing Tyson Thompson and Dallas now has three other returners who may be as good or better.

The team again split up with the tight ends and receivers going 7-on-7 on one half of the field while the offensive and defensive linemen staged their 1-on-1 on the other half.

I spent most of my time watching the linemen but caught these tasty crumbs:

First, Dallas unveiled its two tailback set, with Felix Jones and Marion Barber lining up in the backfield together. Felix motioned into the flanker spot and ran a go route. He got wide open and Tony Romo found him.

Next, Martellus Bennett drew his first cheers of the camp, catching a deep seam route.

The lineman drill showed the relative skills of veterans and the rookies, as the kids could beat other kids but had a lot more trouble dealing with the vets.

Rookie Erik Walden showed an impressive burst on an inside counter move that left Doug Free grasping for air. He found no such room on his next rotation when he went after Flozell Adams, who was his steady self, keeping everybody, including Demarcus Ware, away from his quarterback.

Jay Ratliff is getting a lot of reps at both end and nose tackle. He zipped past Leonard Davis on one play but had trouble with Colombo when he tried going wide. Colombo handled all comers his way.

Tank Johnson shows some explosiveness, in the drills and in the 1-on-1s. He got the better of Andre Gurode on one play but was stacked up by Kyle Kosier on another. Kosier was another mister steady.

It’s one step back and one step up for James Marten, who is trying to make it as a guard. He was pushed deep into the pocket on one rotation but fought back on his next chances.

The practice ended with a full 11-on-11 drill, that I’ll term a stalemate. The offense made some plays while the defense stopped others. Newman blanketed Crayton out of the slot and picked off a pass. Felix Jones took a stretch play for a long gain up the left side, showing impressive speed around the corner.

A likely immaterial drill note:

Backup QB Brad Johnson is doing his best to give UFA Mike Jefferson a chance to make the squad. Johnson threw almost all of his downfield passes Jefferson’s way. The rookie make a couple of sliding catches but also dropped a few. He’s still a long shot from where I’m sitting.

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